1. Other Important Amendments
Take notes on Page 80 of your IN. You will be responsible for this information on the test.

2. Amendments to the Constitution
The Bill of Rights includes the first ten Amendments to the Constitution
Today the Constitution has 27 amendments – the last was passed in 1992
Let’s take a look at some other crucial amendments…..take notes

3. 13th Amendment
Supported by President Lincoln after the Emancipation Proclamation failed to completely put an end to slavery
Congress passed this amendment in 1865
At the end of the Civil War
The 13th Amendment banned slavery forever in all states

4. 14th & 15th Amendments
The 13th amendment put an end to slavery for good and the 14th Amendment granted African Americans US citizenship
BUT, they still lacked one important right of citizens…the right to vote
Passed in 1870, the 15h Amendment stated that “rights of citizens in the US to vote shall not be denied…on account of race”

5. 18th Amendment & 21st Amendment
Ban on alcohol
Prohibition
1919
Repeal of the 18th
1933

6. 19th Amendment
Many people campaigned for the 15th Amendment – including women – even though they still did not have the right to vote
During the mid-1800’s women started to push for women’s suffrage – the right to vote
Women were half of the population and wanted the same rights as men
Passed in 1920, the 19th Amendment finally gave women the right to vote

7. 26th Amendment
By the mid-1900’s it seemed as though all US citizens finally had the right to vote
The voting age for all citizens was 21
However, in the 1960’s when the US began drafting men as young as 18 to fight in the Vietnam War, Americans began to question the voting age
How could we ask someone to fight in a war when they are not even old enough to vote?
In 1971 (just a three years before was Ms. Butson were born) the 26th Amendment was passed changing the voting age from 21 to 18